The first time I heard the name "Roudaner Dumplings" was in the TV series "Old Farmer", it was our first acquaintance.

Some time ago, I watched a TV series "Old Farmer" with my mother on and off, starring Chen Baoguo, Feng Yuanzheng, Niu Li, and Liu Min. Liu Min, a young actor who plays the role of the "small trumpet" in a rural commune in the play, has transformed into an out-and-out "foodie" this time. In that era when there was not enough to eat, he unfortunately married another "foodie". Tian was thinking about how to fill his stomach, and meat and egg dumplings turned out to be the highest ideal in life, and staged scenes of heartbreaking and ridiculous scenes, which are worth watching.

In "Old Farmers", eating dumplings is in the 22nd and 32nd episodes. This drama is set in Maixiang Village after liberation. At that time, every household was extremely poor, and eating dumplings was not good for them. It's something I dare not even think about, so the dumpling-eating scene in the drama has always left a particularly deep impression on me.

Today coincides with the winter solstice. The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals. It is regarded as a big festival in winter. There is a saying among ancient people that "the winter solstice is as big as the new year". Winter Solstice customs vary in content or details depending on the region. In southern China, there is a custom of worshiping ancestors and feasting during the Winter Solstice. In northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year. Eating dumplings during the Winter Solstice is said to remember the kindness of the "Medical Saint" Zhang Zhongjing with his "Quhan Jiao Er Soup". There is still a folk saying in Nanyang that "if you don't bring dumpling bowls during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care".

I vaguely remember that when I was a child, the meat dumplings I ate were all filled with meat chopped by my mother herself. The meat fillings were made into small meat dumplings. It tastes good! It should be very fragrant. But I don’t like eating fat meat, but I can’t avoid the pieces of “little white meat” in the dumpling wrappers - fat meat.

Whenever I pick up a dumpling, I can’t wait to take a bite. In addition to the slightly fragrant soup, there are also small meat dumplings. Of course I hope to take a bite and it will be full of fragrant shredded meat. Yes, but it's always the opposite. There must be one or two square pieces of white meat in each dumpling. If I don't like it, I will always hook it with my tongue, and the white fat meat will cleverly use the power of the tip of my tongue to quickly spit it out on the table while being blocked by the bowl. After eating a meal of dumplings, I will spit it out. Little pile. Every time at this time, I would inevitably get scolded by my mother: What are you not cherishing, what are you picky about, and what are you not good at taking care of? In short, a train of words is waiting for me! well! No matter what my mother says, I still don’t eat those little fat pieces, hahaha. . .

Today, this dumpling is still one of my favorite pasta dishes. Today, I ate winter solstice dumplings with my mother, chatting about the home-cooked food, and the fragrant shredded pork kept lingering in my mouth. During the meal, we couldn't help but laugh when we talked about the piles of "little white meat fat". The dumplings I made when I was a kid were probably the "Roudaner" dumplings from the TV series! When I eat it now, it still tastes delicious...